Summary and review: "A horse with a pink mane"

Write stories for children is not as easy asseems at first sight. Victor Astafyev was able to compose a truly interesting and instructive story, after reading that, the child will bring a lot of useful information. The story was called "A horse with a pink mane." Reviews about the work are positive, and in order to be sure, it is enough to read its brief content.

Start

The grandmother of the protagonist instructed him to go tosnatch with the neighboring children, collect strawberries for sale. As a reward for this, she promised the boy to buy a carrot in the form of a horse with a mane of pink glaze, hooves and a tail. The family of the hero's comrades lived poorly. My father worked in logging and received a salary every two weeks. When this happened, they jumped at the feast with joy, and the mother of the children distributed debts. However, the money came to an end quickly, and before receiving the next reward for the work, they again occupied the neighbors. They lived in a dysfunctional situation: a pretty fence almost immediately left for firewood, and they ate at neighbors'. If you read any review of the "Horse with a pink mane", you can find out that readers are sorry about these children.

Berry picking

Together with his comrades, the hero goes fortreasured berries to earn the desired carrot. He managed to collect not one glass of strawberries, when other children staged a fight: the eldest of them discovered that others do not pick berries, but simply eat them. During the scuffle, everything that they had time to collect was scattered on the ground, trampled down or eaten. The children were not upset and decided to go swimming. One of them noticed that the berries collected by the hero are intact. He beat him "weakly" to eat them, and all together the friends went to the river. Almost every person scolds him for it, making up his review. "A horse with a pink mane" does not end there. The protagonist remembers that he did not collect the required berries, only late in the evening. The comrades advised us to collect the herbs and stones, and sprinkle berries on top. So the boy returned home.

Disclosure of fraud

Grandmother long praised the boy, berriesshe did not begin to pour, decided to take them as they are. All night he was tormented by his conscience, and in the morning the main character decided to confess to the crime he had committed. But he was late, my grandmother managed to leave for the city. The boy wanted to hide somewhere, but he could not find a secluded place, so he went fishing with a friend. A few hours later he saw the grandmother returning on the boat, she threatened the hero with her fist, making it clear that the fraud was uncovered. Back home, he could only in the evening and immediately hid in the pantry, where he prepared a "temporary" bed. In the morning the grandfather came to the boy and asked to be forgiven for his act. Grumbling, my grandmother sat my grandson to have breakfast, while continuing to lament over the deception. What she did after, almost everyone praises what makes up the response. "A horse with a pink mane" ends with an unexpected gift for the hero. Grandma still brought him the coveted cake.

The readers' opinion about the story, the review

"A horse with a pink mane" causes readersdelight. The story is very instructive, it is useful not only to children, but also to adults. The work teaches the most important thing - any deception will always be revealed, and the tortures of conscience - the most terrible punishment. A wise grandmother did not beat the guilty child, did not put her in a corner, only left alone with herself, allowing her to fully understand the consequences of her deed. This is what almost every person who makes up his review notes. "A horse with a pink mane" is exactly the work that is worth reading to children.